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Descriptive Summary
Scope and Contents Note
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Administrative Information
Description of Series
I. Brazil, n.d.
II. Honduras, 1921-1922
III. Mexico, 1912, n.d.
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Robert Steinfeldt Photographs, c.1912-1922
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Creator |
Steinfeldt, Robert |
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Robert Steinfeldt Photographs |
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c.1912-1922 |
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Abstract |
95 photographs and seven postcards, most relating to railroad construction and banana plantations in Honduras. |
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Accession No. |
1988-19 |
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OCLC Record No. |
352928984 |
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Extent |
95 photographic prints and 7 postcards |
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English |
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Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin |
Robert Steinfeldt studied civil engineering at Texas A&M University and was in the Navy during World War I. He worked for United Fruit Co. in Honduras where he built railroads. In the 1920s he left Honduras for Los Angeles, California, where he worked for the city and county.
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Series I, Brazil, contains fourteen undated black-and-white photographs taken by Steinfeldt while in Brazil. The photographs are mounted on pages from a photo album.
Series II, Honduras (1921-1922), contains 77 black-and-white photographs taken by Steinfeldt, relating to railroad construction and banana plantations in Honduras. These photographs are mounted on pages removed from a photo album.
Series III, Mexico, contains four prints of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico in the early 1900s. Also included in this series are seven postcards, five of which are of an unknown location.
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
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The Robert Steinfeldt Photographs are classified under the following Subject Headings in the University of Texas Libraries catalog: |
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Steinfeldt, Robert--Archives |
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United Fruit Company--History--Photographs |
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Banana trade--Honduras--History--Photographs |
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Brazil--Photographs |
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Honduras--Photographs |
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Mexico--Photographs |
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Cite as: Robert Steinfeldt Photographs, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.
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I. Brazil, n.d. |
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11. Pará, Brazil - Entrance to St. Isabel Cemetery |
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12. Pará, Brazil - A Pará Parlor |
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22. At Point Pinheiro - 10 miles below Pará, the Coney Island of Pará (No. 48) |
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23. Largo da Trinidade - The Trinity is one of the [ve?] churches (No. 76) |
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24. Pará, Brazil - Estrada das Jurunas (No. 40) |
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25. View of another square in Nazareth |
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26. Another view of Palms |
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27. Peace Monument with Palaces in the background |
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28. Entrance to Bogue |
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29. Pará, Brazil - Na Estrada das Jurunas, Suburban adobe houses, photo by P.E. Meyer & Co. (No. 47) |
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32. Suburban scene - see large tree to right, photo by P.E. Meyer & Co. |
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33. Pará, Largo de Independencia - Barracks on left now used as a drill ground (No. 17) |
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36. Rua Conselheiro João Alfredo - looking west toward Cathedral |
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37. Cathedral - Very old and with very rich interior (No. 14) |
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II. Honduras, 1921-1922 |
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1. At Farallones, Honduras, C.A. - A beauty spot, 1921 |
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2. Along the Beach with John Richardson, 1921 |
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3. A fill thru tropical vegetation, 1921 |
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4. Truxillo R.R. on the Carribean Sea, 1921 |
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5. A Carrib Village, Spanish Honduras, 1922 |
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6. A coconut grave or CoCal, Spanish Honduras, 1922 |
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7. Detail of wharf construction, 1921 |
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8. Scene on the Caribbean at Farallones, The Point, 1921 |
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9. The Lidgerwood and Engine "C", 1921 |
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10. Plowing off cars for fill, 1921 |
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11. [?] on the mountain side a good swimming pool, Trujillo, S.H., April 16, 1922 |
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12. Roughnecks, Trujillo, S.H., 1921 |
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13. Puerto Castilla, S.H. Building 127, My Home for 6 1/2 months "Mad House," 1921 |
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14. Puerto Castilla, S.H., MrS, Machine ship Commissary Labor camp and beach, n.d. |
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15. My room #20 in House #127 in rear upstairs |
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16. Smith drinking the water of a green coconut [?] meat is [?] of cool water, n.d. |
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17. Looking down one of the lanes on Rincon [?], 1921 |
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18. Setting grades for dredge fill-Dredge in background, Puerto Castilla, June 1921 |
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19. Motor car #34, Sparks, Steinfeldt, Motor Boy, Hodges at Piedra Blanco Calling Station, 1921 |
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20. Dredge cutting through main line R.R., no bridge replacement, June 1921 |
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21. Steinfeldt-[?] Williams, "El Commandante," Neal Johnson, Kearnay Sp[?], 1921 |
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22. Farallones, S.H.-Baldwin, Sparks, Johnson, Steinnfeldt, [?], n.d. |
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23. At the Station, Puerta Castilla, Rincon, 1921 |
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24. S.H. The Shoreline, Rincon, 1921 |
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25. Power, Light, and Ice Plant at Puerta Casilla, Power Plant Under Construction, Rincon, n.d. |
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26. Machine Shop, Rincon, n.d. |
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27. Puerta Castilla, Dredge Morgan, 1922 |
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28. Engine #8 and MrS Building, Banana Train, Rincon, 1921 |
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29. Puerta Castilla, Part of the Fill, 1922 |
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30. Puerta Castilla, The Club Room in this End, Niess Hall, Rincon, 1921 |
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31. Dredge in Canal, Dredge in Operation, Rincon, n.d. |
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32. Yacht Victor at anchor, [?] from Tela in it, Dredge at old wharf, n.d. |
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33. Corner of office building Tela RR, 1921 |
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34. "Slim" Powell-Johle(hoghead) at Tela, SS Zapata at wharf, SS Ellis in distance and one other SS. Loading bananas, June 1921 |
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35. Office building, Tela RR, 1921 |
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36. Hospital, Tela RR, 1921 |
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37. Hubert, [?], Bob Steinfeldt, Smith, Chatham-Sandfill in Puerta Castilla S.H., June 1921 |
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38. "Honduranian Navy" Tela S.H., 1921 |
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39. Wharf at Tela, S.H., 1921 |
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40. "Manaca Shack," n.d. |
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41. A few bananas, 1921 |
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42. Steinfeldt and Chatham in "CoCal" Puerta Castilla, S.H., 1921 |
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43. Wreck of Engine #1 at Farallones Spanish Honduras, Pile driver and cars at bottom, May 15, 1921 |
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44. CoCal Rincon S.H.-Chatham is the man, June 15, 1921 |
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45. Wreck of Engine #1 at Farallones Spanish Honduras, Pile driver and cars at bottom, May 15, 1921 |
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46. Wreck of Engine #1 at Farallones Spanish Honduras, Pile driver and cars at bottom, May 15, 1921 |
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47. Wreck of Engine #1 at Farallones Spanish Honduras, Pile driver and cars at bottom, May 15, 1921 |
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48. Wreck of Engine #1 at Farallones Spanish Honduras, Pile driver and cars at bottom, May 15, 1921 |
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49. Along the Farallones and Caribbean Sea, S.H., May 15, 1921 |
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50. Trujillo, S.H. Carrib Maskers welcome the New Year with a dance "note the shell chains around the knees," January 1, 1922 |
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51. The Park in Trujillo, S.H., 1921 |
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52. The Park in Trujillo, S.H., 1921 |
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53. Street Scene Truxillo, Looking towards Crystallis Trujillo, S.H., 1922 |
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54. Rear view, Truxillo Church, View across from the "French Man's," 1922 |
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55. Old Spanish Church at Truxillo, Oldest church in Honduras, Built in 1870, 1922 |
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56. Truxillo from the sea, Mountains 4000 ft high, 1922 |
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57. Street scene Truxillo, Looking toward Truxillo building and the railroad, 1921 |
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58. "Cuartel" Truxillo, Old Spanish Fort, 1922 |
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59. UNIA, ACL, Parade Truxillo, Negro Improvement Association Parade. Jail to the left, 1921 |
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60. Corocito, car loading with Pickles, 1922 |
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61. Corocito, Backing them out on mules, Muleman, G.P. Hunnicutt, R.H. Steinfeldt, 1922 |
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62. Corocito, G.P.H. and the Pickles, 1922 |
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63. A stem on the mask, 1922 |
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64. Corocito Farm, Tramming bananas, 1922 |
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65. Corocito, The Mainline through bananas, 1922 |
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66. Piedra Blanca, Bananas in a Wind, 1921 |
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67. Puerta Castilla, Spanish Honduras, The Hospital, 1922 |
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68. Puerta Castilla, Pickles!! "The first 6000," March 1921 |
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69. San Pedro, Spanish Honduras, San Pedro River Bridge, 1922 |
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70. Farallones, S.H. MC. 82 and Winslow's House, June 1922 |
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71. Corocito Junction, Engine #40 with the train, Harvey Waite and Power [?] (Hoghead), 1922 |
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72. Piedra Blana, 1921 |
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73. G.P. Hunnicutt on Bridge at Farallones, 192? |
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74. Corocito, Sambo Indians from Nicaragua, February, 1922 |
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75. Corocito, Mabel Woods, Mrs Ordoñez, Harvey Faust, Mrs Pierson, Mrs Riplinger, Mr E.C. Wentworth, Mr N. Riplinger, Mr Marshall, Rit S, January 1, 1922 |
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76. Manaca Shack, Rincon, n.d. |
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77. At Corocito Junction on the T.R.R., n.d. |
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III. Mexico, 1912, n.d. |
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6. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, H. Ayuntamiento de 1886-1887, n.d. |
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7. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey, n.d. |
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8. Unknown, n.d. |
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9. Unknown, n.d. |
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Postcards, 1912, n.d. |
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Cárdenas, San Luis Potosí, n.d. |
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Red Cross, Madero's Camp, photograph by D.W. Hoffman, 1912 |
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Unknown, n.d. |
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1. Market Plaza |
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2. Telegraph Office |
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3. M. Guerra Store |
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4. M. Guerra Store |
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5. Internacional, Sandoval Fot. |
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